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Monday, June 30, 2014

A while ago
this series used to be in every book blog I was visiting. So, one day I decided
to give it a try, mostly curious about Daemon Black who was spreading panic
everywhere. Is he so interesting? I was wondering, but now I have an answer.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

This
is Think out Loud. It’s a weekly meme created to help bloggers break
out from the blogging bubble. The rules are simple. We post whatever we
want and let people know what’s in our mind. Visit the creator on Thinks Books and join too. It’s so cool to share your random thoughts.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

This is Think out Loud. It’s a weekly meme created to help bloggers break out from the blogging bubble. The rules are simple. We post whatever we want and let people know what’s in our mind. Visit the creator on Thinks Books and join too. It’s so cool to share your random thoughts.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

That’s on
the back cover of The Maze Runner series and of course, it hooked me. Thomas
wakes up in an unknown place, with no memories of his life and a bunch
of teenage boys looking at him weirdly. Who is he? How he got there and what’s
that place anyway?

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

A couple of
days ago, I had a talk with a writer about his writing and what stuck in my
mind was a simple question he asked during the conversation. Well, a rhetorical
question followed by an awkward laugh. You know, the one that sends the words
unspoken but yet, means so much more than any sentence.

About me

Hey, I'm Athina. I love to read and I have a special love for writing. I've written many short stories, two adventure-mystery novels (one in progress), two YA urban fantasy and I keep writing my way through life. I can't help it!
Besides reading and writing I love watching series, like The Walking Dead, Vampire diaries and Game of Thrones. I love long walks on the beach, swimming and hanging out with friends.
Well…that’s me and I believe we have a long way ahead of us.

Dark Places

I have meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it. It’s the Day blood. Something’s wrong with it.

How awesome are these opening lines? How can you not want to read this book and this story? When I started reading it, I thought: Okay, it can’t be better than Sharp Objects. Now, I can’t pick a favorite between the two books.

The book is written in multiple POV’s so we get a very good understanding about each character. We start with Libby and even from the start the pace is fast and right to the point. What I didn’t know but I was thrilled to find out, is that we see both future and past. Meaning that one chapter is about Libby in the present, and the next chapter is about her mom, or her brother back in 1985 a few days before the murders. It’s like this until the end. Present, Past, Present and it goes on.

Switching through time builds tension and as the developments unfold, I found myself looking forward for the next chapter, eager to know what happened in January or curious about Libby’s doings today.

Lies, false testimonies, crappy police work and complicated characters. Gillian Flynn ties them all together, leading you to a journey to Libby’s painful past and the ore painful present.

Dark Places is one of those books I wish I could forget, so I could read it all over again. Just to feel the same thrill and excitement of reading it for the first time.